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Frontocingulate Dysfunction in Depression: Toward Biomarkers of Treatment Response
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Increased rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) activity has emerged as a promising predictor of treatment response in depression, but neither the reliability of this relationship nor the mechanisms supporting it have been thoroughly investigated. This review takes a three-pronged approach to these issues. First, I present a meta-analysis demonstrating that the relationship between resting rACC activity and treatment response is robust. Second, I propose that the rACC plays a key role in treatment outcome because of its 'hub' position in the default network. Specifically, I hypothesize that elevated resting rACC activity confers better treatment outcomes by fostering adaptive self-referential processing and by helping to recalibrate relationships between the default network and a 'task-positive network' that comprises dorsolateral prefrontal and dorsal cingulate regions implicated in cognitive control. Third, I support this hypothesis by reviewing neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging data on frontocingulate dysfunction in depression. The review ends with a discussion of the limitations of current work and future directions.
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“In a coordinate-based meta-analysis [69], increased rsFC in the pgACC predicted response to a variety of treatments (e.g., repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)) (see also [16]).”
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“The association between higher baseline anterior cingulate activity and better treatment response has been found by a more diverse set of studies, and has been meta-analytically confirmed (13, 40).”
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“Of note, deficient recruitment of PFC (particularly, dlPFC) regions has been coupled with hyperactivity in paralimbic (e.g., pgACC, sgACC) and limbic (e.g., amygdala) regions critically implicated in automatic processing of emotional cues (for review, see [16,157]).”
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“Similarly, hyperactivation of, or a failure to deactivate, the pgACC has been reported in MDD across disparate affective tasks [16,179], including (1) affective evaluation and cognitive reappraisal of negative stimuli; (2) self-referential processing of negative attributes; (3) inhibition of negative words; and in response to (4) sad words and commission errors.”
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“in studies in which MDD subjects performed at the same level as controls, MDD has been linked to potentiated pgACC, dACC and left dlPFC [16,237,238] and pgACC hyperactivation persisted after remission [239].”
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“For now, an increased activity of pregenual ACC seems to be the most consistent general marker of good response to a variety of treatments, as supported by meta-analyses and shown in subsequent studies (Pizzagalli, 2011, Fu et al. 2013, Godlewska et al. 2016).”
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“This was in line with other studies showing that increased reactivity of pgACC was perhaps the most reliable general predictor of clinical response to pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy alike (Pizzagalli 2011, Fu et al., 2013, Godlewska et al. 2016).”
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“Finally, cognitive control has been reliably linked to the dlPFC and dACC (Pizzagalli, 2011; Ridderinkhof et al, 2004).”
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“The dlPFC has been strongly implicated in cognitive control (Pizzagalli, 2011; Ridderinkhof et al, 2004)”
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“Notably, the extent to which these biases can be modulated by pharmacological therapies in patients has been found to be indicative of treatment response (Sheline et al. 2001; Pizzagalli 2010)”
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“This region is involved in both emotional processing and regulation and has been linked to self-referential processing and cognitive and attentional control with strong connections to both limbic and prefrontal brain regions (Pizzagalli, 2011).”
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- Authors
- Pizzagalli, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pizzagalli, Diego A
- ORCID
- Pizzagalli, Diego A
- Venue
- Neuropsychopharmacology
- Published
- 2010-09-22
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 183-206
- ISSN
- 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
- 1740-634X
- PMC
- PMC3036952
- OpenAlex
- W2162541816
- Cited by
- 945
- References
- 294
- Citations by year
- 2026: 49 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 55 · 2017: 61 · 2016: 71 · 2015: 83 · 2014: 73 · 2013: 74 · 2012: 45
- FWCI
- 5.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH068376, R21MH078979, R01 MH68376)
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R21AT002974)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- depression, rostral anterior cingulate cortex, treatment response prediction, biomarkers, resting-state brain activity, default mode network, task-positive network, self-referential processing, cognitive control, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- MeSH terms
- Antidepressive Agents, Cognition, Major Depressive Disorder, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Nerve Net, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Prefrontal Cortex, Biomarkers, Pharmacological
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